Activate or Wait – 007
84 year-old woman from home with central chest pain following a fall. Background of hypertension and dyslipidaemia. ETA 20 minutes to your tertiary centre.
Tag STEMI
Activate or Wait – 006
62 year-old woman with two hours of central crushing chest pain. Smoker, hypertension. ETA 30 minutes.
Activate or Wait – 005
45 year-old man with two hours of central chest pain. Smoker, significant family history of IHD. ETA 20 minutes.
Activate or Wait – 004
86 year-old woman with two hours of dull chest pain and dizziness. Ex-smoker with hypertension and dyslipidaemia. ETA 20 minutes.
Activate or Wait – 003
58 year-old man with one week of pleuritic chest pain and SOB. Background of previous pericarditis. ETA 30 minutes.
Activate or Wait – 009
81-year-old female with three hours of central, crushing chest pain. Background of hypertension, heavy smoker.
Activate or Wait – 001
46-year-old male with one hour of central crushing chest pain. Background of hypertension, morbidly obese and a heavy smoker.
Killer ECG Patterns: Part 2
8 deadly ECG patterns NOT to miss -- Part 2, the occlusion version. These patients require immediate cardiology referral for emergent reperfusion therapy.
De Winter T Wave
First reported by de Winter in 2008, the de Winter ECG pattern is an anterior STEMI equivalent that presents without obvious ST segment elevation
Posterior Myocardial Infarction
ECG features of posterior myocardial infarction (PMI) with some ECG examples. Learn how to diagnose this life-threatening condition.
Anterior Myocardial Infarction
Anterior STEMI usually results from occlusion of the left anterior descending (LAD) artery and carries the poorest prognosis of all infarct territories
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 315
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 315 - Just when you thought your brain could unwind the medical trivia FFFF